Joy, prosperity, sacred songs and prayer – the ACO with the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

Joy, prosperity, sacred songs and prayer – the ACO with the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge

  The Australian Chamber Orchestra under Artistic Director and Lead Violin, Richard Tognetti, presents Beethoven’s Symphony No 9 in D minor, opus 125 in the climax of its cycle of Beethoven symphonies. It is, of course, the ‘Choral’ Symphony and it is the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge directed by Graham Ross, that will perform with the orchestra…

Danielle de Niese with the Australian Chamber Orchestra

On hearing that I was attending the opening night of Danielle de Niese’s concert season with the Australian Chamber Orchestra in Sydney, a friend asked me to let him know whether I thought he should go along to hear her. Twenty four hours after the concert, I’m still deliberating on my response to him. Danielle de Niese is…